Gorontalo

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proper n. A province of Indonesia.

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The earthquake's epicenter was located at 0,12 degrees southern latitude and 123 degrees eastern longitude, at a depth of 101 km below sea level, around 81 km southeast of Gorontalo, according to information of the Gorontalo meteorological and geophysics office.

That's thanks to local leaders like Fadel Muhammad, governor of the hardscrabble province of Gorontalo on the island Sulawesi, who turned his constituents into the country's best corn farmers by deploying teams of agricultural consultants; providing subsidized seeds, fertilizers and rental machinery to farmers; and giving cash rewards to village leaders who boost yields.

Her bowed shoulders become deformed with the heavy loads perpetually borne, for the rising trade of Gorontalo supplies the men with more congenial employment than the field work, which frequently becomes the woman's province.

Though the flag of Holland was first hoisted over the Celebes more than three centuries ago, Dutch commercial interests are still virtually confined to the four chief towns -- Makassar, Menado, Gorontalo, and